THE SITE FOR DIE HARD CRIME & THRILLER FANS
Book Club

Edge of the Grave

1 Mins read
The Edge of the Grave by Robbie Morrison front cover

Scottish comic book writer Robbie Morrison makes a fine debut in the world of crime fiction with a 1930s mystery set in dark and dirty Glasgow. When the solicitor Charles Geddes is pulled from the Clyde with his throat slit, his widow insists that police detective James Dreghorn investigate the case. Dreghorn and the widow have history, which complicates matters as he and his partner McDaid try to find the killer in neighbourhoods stalked by razor gangs. But in this atmospheric thriller, even the posh Glaswegians may not be trustworthy…

Read our full review here.


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related posts
KindlePrintReviews

A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford

A Bad, Bad Place by debut author Frances Crawford is an absorbing character-driven novel exploring how a crime can impact even those not directly involved. More specifically, witnesses and those living near the scene. They may be able to provide information that could help the…
iBookKindlePrintReviews

Blood Vengeance by Douglas Jackson

The third of Douglas Jackson’s Warsaw Quartet follows Blood Roses and Blood Sacrifice and sees Polish investigator Jan Kalisz taken from occupied Warsaw and dropped in to northern Scotland at the orders of Winston Churchill himself. Krystina Kowolska, resistance agent and a mionor member of…
iBookKindlePrintReviews

The Peak by Sam Guthrie

It’s been quite the decade for new spy fiction authors. David McCloskey has emerged as a real tour de force with four highly acclaimed novels, starting with Damascus Station while IS Berry, Charles Beaumont and Merle Nygate have also emerged as names to look out…
Crime Fiction Lover